diff --git a/tool/pom.xml b/tool/pom.xml
index 6f0431fb..76486044 100644
--- a/tool/pom.xml
+++ b/tool/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 						<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 						<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-						<version>2.16.0</version>
+						<version>2.25.4</version>
 				</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>